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TaglineRun any open-source AI model with an API call.An agentic iPhone home screen that replaces your static icon grid with AI widgets that proactively surface health, calendar, finance, and local context — without you having to open a single app.Autonomous AI agent that actually finishes tasks.Mac launcher + AI. Command-bar genius.
CategoryDev PlatformAgentsAgentsProductivity
PricingPay per second of computeWaitlist / Beta (pricing not yet disclosed)Free tier + $39-$199/moFree (app) + $10/mo AI
Best forDevelopers using open-source models (Flux, SDXL, Whisper, etc).iPhone power users who are frustrated that Siri is still reactive and want their home screen to actually anticipate their day.People who want to hand off tasks entirely — trip planning, research, spreadsheet building.Power users on Mac who type a lot.
Strengths
  • Tens of thousands of models (image, video, audio, LLMs)
  • One-line API for any model
  • Cog framework for custom model deploy
  • Ambient, proactive intelligence delivered via native iOS widgets — no app-switching required
  • Cross-domain context: health, calendar, email, finances, and local recommendations in one layer
  • Works within iOS permission model (no jailbreak or sideloading), making App Store approval plausible
  • Strong pre-launch signal: 25k+ waitlist and backing from a16z, True Ventures, and SV Angel
  • General-purpose agent — research, book, build, analyze
  • Parallel task execution
  • Web browsing + file creation + coding
  • Invoke AI from anywhere on Mac with a hotkey
  • Choose your model (Claude, GPT, etc.)
  • AI Commands for repeatable workflows
Weaknesses
  • Cold starts on less-popular models
  • Pricing gets real at scale
  • Still pre-launch / beta — zero proven track record and no public pricing yet
  • iPhone-only by design, which immediately locks out half the smartphone market
  • Battery drain and privacy concerns from constant ambient context scanning are real and unresolved
  • Still hit-or-miss on complex multi-hour tasks
  • Can burn credits fast
  • Mac-only
  • Monthly AI sub on top of free app
Kai's verdictS-tier for open-source model APIs. The default in this space.The concept is genuinely compelling — turning the home screen into a living AI layer is a smarter bet than yet another chat interface — but this is vaporware until it ships publicly and we see whether Apple's sandbox lets it breathe. (Verdict pending Phi's full review.)S-tier in the agent category. The first one I'd give to a non-technical friend.S-tier if you're on Mac. The fastest way to get AI answers without context-switching.
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